{"id":4250,"date":"2023-07-11T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:47:48","slug":"blert-crowspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2023\/07\/11\/blert-crowspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"blert &#8211; crowspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"blert - crowspiracy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQBlIvmuB4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast majority of current artistic activity around AI systems is in the visual domain. 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